Advertising and distributing apparatus



(No Model.)

, H. D. PURSELL. ADVERTISING AND DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS. No. 424,354. Patented Mar. 25,1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY D. PURS ELL, OF IVASHINGTON COURT-HOUSE, OHIO.

ADVERTISING AND DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 424,354, dated March 25 1890. Application filed December 19, 1889. Serial No. 334,285. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRY D. PURSELL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Washington Court-House, in the county of Fayette and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Advertising and Distributing Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of vending apparatus which are set in operation by dropping a coin in a slot, which releases a catch, operates a spring, and delivers the package, and at the same time displays an advertisement or design.

The objects of my invention are .to provide novel means for releasing the springprojected package-delivering shelf and to provide novel means for exposing the advertisement by the movement of the shelf. To accomplish these objects my invention involves the features of construction, the combination or arrangement of devices, and the principles of operation hereinafter described and claimed, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a central vertical section of my improved apparatus. Fig. 2 is a section on line an 50, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on line y y, Fig. 1. Fig. at is a front elevation of the ad vertising mechanism.

1 represents the package-casing. It is provided with compartments 2, 3, and th- The compartments 3 and 4 are separated from the compartment 2 by means of the sliding partition 5, the front portion. of which is employed as a deliveringshelf, which. is shown in the open position in dotted lines, Fig. 1. This delivering-shelf is provided with a recess 6 of a sufficient depth, size, and contour to receive the package to be delivered. The sliding shelf is operated by means of one or more springs 7, which are shown in the preferred form as having a coil 8, with a hook end 9 engaging in the rear end of said partition or shelf. I prefer to employ two or more springs, so as to apply the force near both sides of said shelf uniformly. This shelf is held in the normal position shown in Fig. 1 against the force of the spring by means of the flexible bar 10, which engages behind a spring catch 11. (See Figs. 1 and 3.)

12 represents a puslrbutton, which is held in the normal position by means of the spring 13. Said push-button can be pushed in normally without reaching the flexible bar 10;

hence the spring cannot be tripped by means of the p ush-button itself. The side of the case is recessed to form a coin-conduit 14 sufficiently deep to admit the passage of the coin,

the face of said recess being closed with a thin strip of wood a. Said coin drops down into position shown in Figs. 2 and 3 and in dotted lines, Fig. 1, in front of the push-but ton 12. hen this button is pushed in, the

flexible bar 10 is pushed inward past the spring-catch 11, when the force of the springs 7 is free to act upon the said shelf 5 and immediately forcesit out into the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1. If the compartments contains packages of the proper shape, one of said packages rests in the recess 6 and is carried forward with the movement of the shelf into position.

To set the machine the shelf is pushed back by hand, so that the flexible strip re-engages 7;

against the spring-catch 11. In order to dis play the advertisements, I provide a rod 16, which is journaled in eyes 17 on the inside of the rear wall of the case. To the bottom of said rod 16 is attached a cord 18, passing up through eyes 19, and is attached to the shelf at 20. From the top of said rod 16 is attached any card or device calculated to attract attention. I have shown the advertising-card 21 as attached to the rod 16, so that the word up as the shelf goes out until the card 21 is 0 raised up in the position shown in dotted lines 22, Figs. 1 and 4, exposing the entire device.

The device is operated as follows: The packages are put in compartments when the shelf 5 is in its normal position, the word Gum 5 on the advertising-card only showing. When the coin 15 is dropped in through the slot, it drops to the bottom of the said strip 10, which has sufficient retractile force to hold the nickel clamped at the bottom in front of the push- ICO button, when the button 12 is pushed, carrying the flexible strip outward and releasing its engagement with the spring 11, andshelf 5 is pushed outward, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1. The retreat of the button through the recoil of the spring 13 allows the coin to drop through into the compartment 2. As soon as the package is delivered the shelf 5 is pushed back by an attendant, and the advertisingeard will drop by gravity of the rod and conceal the design within the compartment 3, the

spring-catch 11 engaging with the flexible strip 10, ready for a second operation.

It is obvious that more or less of the advertising-card can be shown or that the attachment of the spring could be reversed and the advertisement exposed when the drawer is closed and withdrawn when the drawer is open, or vice versa.

V Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. The combination, in a vending apparatus, of a case, a package-delivery shelf having a projecting flexible bar, a spring for throwing the shelf outward, a catch on the case for engaging the flexible bar and holding the shelf against the tension of the spring, a coin-conduit for conveying a coin beside the flexible bar, and a push-button for causing the coin to press the flexible bar from engagement with the catch, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a Vending apparatus, of a movable shelf, a spring for throwing the shelf outward, a lengthwise-moving rod for carrying an advertisement, and a cord connected with the rod and shelf for moving the rod lengthwise as the shelf moves outward, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a case, a springimpelled shelf, and a catch, of a push-button an d a flexible bar en gaging the catch and connected with the shelf and arranged relatively to the inner end of the pnsh -button to provide an intervening coin-=receiving space, sub stantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

HARRY D. PURSELL.

Witnesses:

O. W. MILES, T. Simmons. 

